FC
Woke up to snow, it’s Christmas again
FC
But you’re still not home, got thrown in the pen
FC
And I’m 6 years old, sitting here thinking
AmFC
‘why am I always alone?’
FCG
So I watch my mama from the back of the van
FCG
As she drove along and having 7 kids
FCG
Must have been hard but daddy couldn’t
AmFC
stay out of the bar
FC
It’s a crying game
GCFC
Seeing him in prison on Christmas day
GFC
20 years later still such a shame
GAmF
To have a broken heart at such a young age
GAmFG
But now it’s all the same
FG
It’s a crying game
FCG
I missed the call and woke up to find
FCG
My brother was gone that’s when I lost my mind
FCG
At 18 years old wondering how
AmFG
life could be so cold
FCG
But we came together like never before
FCG
All my brothers and sisters kept mama at shore
FCG
Till we lost another, it’s hard to know just
AmFG
what to think no more
FC
It’s a crying game
GFC
To have to put my brothers in their graves
GFC
Life ain’t perfect but it’s such a shame
GAmFG
They left behind the stories that they never made
FG
Now it’s all the same
AmFG
It’s a crying game
FDmF
Living, loving gets me through the pain
CG
Don’t take for granted a soul or a day
DmF
Given where I’m going it’s crazy to think that
CG
There’s a million other people out there playing
FCA crying game
GFC
There’s no winning, and no one to blame
GFC
Life is fragile and can slip away
G
And lemme tell you when it does
AmFG
it’s such a shame
FG
But it’s all the same
F
it’s a crying game.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.